The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-24
Lawtou.

Fred Stern of Dowagiac, was in town over
Sunday.
Miss Opha Burr is having visit with
friends at Grand Rapids.
1t is expected that the Otsego second nine
will play the second nine here Thursday.
Levi Stoker and O. j. Williams, with their
families, have been camping at Bankson
Lake for the past week.
1t appears that Otsego only made ten
off Howard Smith in the recent game with
Paw Paw, in one inning. That's not much,
but it beats two whtewashes
The east and west Valley boys had game
of ball Saturday, and each side had scorer
who made their respective sides winners.
The score was between twenty and thirty.
G. II. Dalton had a whip stolen from his
buggy Saturday night, and DIR. X. G. Motif
had one stolen Sunday morning, while max
ing calls about town. Some one is evidently
i'll that business.
In the Decatur Republican, of last week,
the editor has dished up column of slush
in regard to the ball games here, in which
truth plays very small part, He tells of
what had been heard III that town before
| they came here and about the club here chas-
! ing other clubs out of town; no mention is
made of the game the Lawtons played there
and the abuse they were obliged TO stand.
| He runs down our grounds. but don't say
anything about the old clover field the Deca-
turs had for ball ground until the last year.
| The club, he says, came here TO play the
same club that played there and that Lawton
had said nothing of any change. They made
a change themselves by putting in O'Leary
! to head their batting list and did not notify
Lawton, but kicked on any change that the
home team made. The assertion that the
Lawtons paid a man ten dollars to play with
them is a falsehood. If Decatur had 81 900
| TO put up TO cover the "ducats' here. they
kept very quiet about it, as no one knew it
except the editor of the RepuJlicdH. He
speaks of someone wanting TO eat up their
! little pitcher. Poor little thing! 1t don't
seem possible that he could leave his cradle
and 60 30 far away from home. BY the way,
the manager of the Decatur club never could
exhibit himself on a state fair ground as the
boss kicker, for he would kick himself to
pieces before he got to the gate, and his last
words would be, I'VE won't play then -
After the Decatur editor gave out, another
party jumps up who is too modest to sign
his own name, but puts it lone who has
been there" There were quite a number
here that day "who had been there" and
that was where the trouble was.
The ball game Friday between the Lawton
and Paw Paw clubs at this place, resulted in q
victory for the home team 10y score OF
twelve to seven. The game was we'll played
throughout, the Lawtons not going to bat in
the last inning. For three innings the score
stood TO o in favor of Lawton, and in the
%. aFla oh nl, he toft
made five and the home club two. The
Lawtons experimental with three young
players who have not played with the team
before, and their movements were watched
with considerable interest by the citizens
They played remarkably fine game, T.
Smith being credited with two scores, one OF
which was a home run-the only one of the
game-no errors and one out; Hight played
third in fine shape and had three put outs
two assists, two outs, one run, one error anC
one base hit to his credit: Forbes had nothing
to do in right, making no errors and, although
he hit the ball each time he came to bat, wa
unlucky by batting into some ones hands
Warner played fine game for Paw Paw
, capturing three flies and doing well at thu
bat, and Seth played his usual fine game a
short, making difficult running catch ii
the second. Bulson, the Lansing player
made five errors at second, mufling mum
! Der of fine flies that dropped square into hi
! hands. Chandler on third and j. Clanc
played poor game. Double plays-Love t
. Allard, Allen to Cole to Chandler: base Of
balls-Smith 2, Briggs i; struck out-Smit
4, Briggs a struck 10y pitched ball-Morril
T.. Smith 2. Lawton made 10 base hits,
4 errors, II runs, put out 81 men and made /
assists Paw Paw made 10 base hits. Is Ell
: rors, runs, put out "a men and made
: assists. The game passed off without an
words, and the Paw Paw team are gentleme
{ in every sense of the word. They play ba
{ and don't kick about the players, and Law
8 ton didn't find fault because they had
:, stranger in their club. They differ consider
ably in that respect from the Decaturs.